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Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (COURSE 3) MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (COURSE 3) 3.003 Principles of Engineering Practice Subject meets with 3.004 Prereq: Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) U (Spring) 3.001 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering 1-2-6 units Prereq: None U (Spring) Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century 2-0-1 units engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem- Provides a broad introduction to topics in materials science and the based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic, curricula in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering's and technological challenges of engineering practice by participating core subjects. Lectures emphasize conceptual and visual examples in actual engineering projects involving public transportation and of materials phenomena and engineering, interspersed with guest information infrastructure with faculty and industry. Student teams speakers from both inside and outside academia to show possible create prototypes and mixed media reports with exercises in project career paths. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting credit limit for rst year students. Preference to rst-year students. and team building. Preference to rst-year students. F. M. Ross L. Kimerling 3.002 Materials for Energy 3.004 Principles of Engineering Practice Prereq: None Subject meets with 3.003 U (Spring) Prereq: Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) 2-0-1 units U (Spring) 3-3-6 units The relationship between cleaner and more sustainable means for energy conversion, storage and conservation, and the materials that Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century enable them, is one of powerful history, growth, and hope. It is a engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical story of strengthening passion, but also fragility, with tremendous toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem- future potential if the relationship is properly nurtured. It is, at based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic its core, a love story. How did the relationship begin, where is it and technological challenges of engineering practice via case now, and how will it play out? Its solidly materialistic underpinning studies and participation in engineering projects. Includes a six- may appear simple, but as we will see materialism can be highly stage term project in which student teams develop solutions through complicated as it relates to energy. Will this relationship between exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, materials and energy continue burning, albeit passionately but demonstration, reporting, and team building. at great cost on a planetary scale? Or will it mature into a deeper, L. Kimerling more diverse, and more subtle connection that enables nothing less than the continued thriving of all living species? Subject can count 3.005 Passion Projects: Living in a Material World toward 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for rst-year students. Prereq: None Preference to rst-year students. U (Spring) J. Grossman Not oered regularly; consult department 1-2-6 units Project-based seminar in which students formulate and answer questions about a material or object that interests and inspires them. Uses cutting-edge equipment to characterize the materials' structure in order to understand its role and functionality. Analyzes the lifecycle of the material to better understand the full use case. Culminates in the creation of a website, video, and nal presentation in which students share the results of their research. Preference to rst-year students; limited to 15. J. Grossman Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) | 3 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (COURSE 3) 3.006 NEET Seminar: Advanced Materials Machines 3.017 Modelling, Problem Solving, Computing, and Visualization Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: ((3.014, 3.030, or 3.033) and (6.0001, 12.010, 16.66, or U (Fall, Spring) 3.016B)) or permission of instructor 1-0-2 units U (Spring) Can be repeated for credit. Not oered regularly; consult department 2-2-8 units Seminar for students enrolled in the Advanced Materials Machines NEET thread. Focuses on topics around innovative materials Covers development and design of models for materials processes manufacturing via guest lectures and research discussions. and structure-property relations. Emphasizes techniques for solving E. Olivetti equations from models or simulating their behavior. Assesses methods for visualizing solutions and aesthetics of the graphical 3.0061[J] Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping presentation of results. Topics include symmetry and structure, (New) classical and statistical thermodynamics, solid state physics, Same subject as 22.03[J] mechanics, phase transformations and kinetics, statistics and Prereq: None presentation of data. U (Fall) W. C. Carter 2-2-2 units 3.019 Introduction to Symbolic and Mathematical Computing See description under subject 22.03[J]. Enrollment limited; Prereq: None preference to Course 22 Course 3 majors and minors, and NEET U (Fall) students. 2-1-0 units M. Short, E. Olivetti, A. Nasto Introduces fundamental computational techniques and applications 3.010 Structure of Materials of mathematics to prepare students for materials science and Prereq: Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032 engineering curriculum. Covers elementary programming concepts, U (Fall) including data analysis and visualization. Students study 3-2-7 units. Institute LAB computation/visualization and math techniques and apply them in computational soware to gain familiarity with techniques used Describes the fundamentals of bonding and structure that underpin in subsequent subjects. Uses examples from material science and materials science. Structure of noncrystalline, crystalline, and liquid- engineering applications, particularly from structure and mechanics crystalline states across length scales including short and long of materials, including linear algebra, tensor transformations, review range ordering. Point, line, and surface imperfections in materials. of calculus of several variables, numerical solutions to dierential Diraction and structure determination. Covers molecular geometry questions, and random walks. and levels of structure in biological materials. Includes experimental W. C. Carter and computational exploration of the connections between structure, properties, processing, and performance of materials. Covers 3.020 Thermodynamics of Materials methodology of technical communication (written/oral) with a view Prereq: Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032 to integrate experimental design, execution, and analysis. U (Spring) Sta 4-2-6 units. REST 3.013 Mechanics of Materials Introduces the competition between energetics and disorder Prereq: Physics I (GIR) and Coreq: 18.03; or permission of instructor that underpins materials thermodynamics. Presents classical U (Fall) thermodynamic concepts in the context of phase equilibria, 3-2-7 units including phase transformations, phase diagrams, and chemical reactions. Includes computerized thermodynamics and an Basic concepts of solid mechanics and mechanical behavior introduction to statistical thermodynamics. Includes experimental of materials: elasticity, stress-strain relationships, stress and computational laboratories. Covers methodology of technical transformation, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fracture. Continuum communication with the goal of presenting technical methods in behavior as well as atomistic explanations of the observed behavior broader contexts and for broad audiences. are described. Examples from engineering as well as biomechanics. Sta Lab experiments, computational exercises, and demonstrations give hands-on experience of the physical concepts. C. Tasan 4 | Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (COURSE 3) 3.021 Introduction to Modeling and Simulation 3.030 Microstructural Evolution in Materials Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. Prereq: 3.010 and 3.020 Oered under: 1.021, 3.021, 10.333, 22.00 U (Fall) Prereq: 18.03, 3.016B, or permission of instructor 4-2-6 units U (Spring) 4-0-8 units. REST Covers microstructures, defects, and structural evolution in all classes of materials. Topics include solution kinetics, interface Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science stability, dislocations and point defects, diusion, surface and engineering. Uses techniques and soware for simulation, data energetics, grains and grain boundaries, grain growth, nucleation analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and and precipitation, and electrochemical reactions. Lectures illustrate quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems a range of examples and applications based on metals, ceramics, in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, electronic materials, polymers, and biomedical materials. Explores and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to the evolution of microstructure through experiments involving understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and optical and electron microscopy, calorimetry, electrochemical complement experimental observations. characterization, surface roughness measurements, and other M.
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